------------------------------------------------- Biographical Criticism Biographical criticism is the idea that knowing an author’s experiences can help the reader to interpret and understand the author’s text. Biographical critics believe it’s essential to be aware of the time period and events at the time of the writing‚ and this will help them understand the work. By understanding what time period that the author was raised in‚ the audience‚ who has to have a common knowledge about general
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The Purpose of Criticism: Literary criticism has at least three primary purposes. (1) To help us resolve a difficulty in the reading. The historical approach‚ for instance‚ might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators‚ despite the horrible‚ bloody details of their obviously brutish plan‚ portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time‚ we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish
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Kant Vyas Mr. Santosh Acharya Faculty‚ E.C.B Branch Manager‚ Anand Rathi Shares And Stock Brokers ltd. Submitted By Renu Mahayach BBA 3rd Year Researcher Specialization: Marketing
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Marxist criticism is a type of criticism in which literary works are viewed as the product of work and whose practitioners emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect‚ propagate‚ and even challenge the prevailing social order. Rather than viewing texts as repositories for hidden meanings‚ Marxist critics view texts as material products to be understood in broadly historical terms. In short‚ literary works are viewed as a product of work (and hence of the realm of production and consumption
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1. (c.) Psychoanalytic Criticism Psychoanalytic Criticism was first mooted by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. It deals with the mind of the author at the time of writing hence the “psycho” aspect of it. The text is seen as a dream and the readers unravel the mysteries of the dram as they read and endeavor to gain understanding of the text. In this theory‚ the author’s mind‚ the impact of the text on the reader and the third character are of paramount importance. This theory came from psychology
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The film Untouchables‚ released in 1987 epitomizes the struggle between good and evil in the city of Chicago in the 1930s. Set in a historical setting right after the infamous prohibition law the film illustrates how corruption engulfs all the parts of the government system and gangsters like Al Capone rises and thrives. Until we see the emergence of Eliot Ness‚ posing as a super hero with rock hard sense of honesty and attempts to cleanse the city of Capone. After much hardship and loss of lives
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Generic Criticism What is Generic Criticism? * Foss (2009) defines generic criticism as “the assumption that certain types of situations provoke similar needs and expectations” (p. 137). * According to Oliver and Duff (2012)‚ “Genre can be defines as a pattern of communication that conforms to community norms. Genres are not fixed‚ but are constantly evolving and emerging.” (p. 373) * According to Northrop Frye‚ genre studies are not just about classification‚ he believes that "the
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Ivy-League schools. Fitzgerald then went on to make more great literary works‚ and became a very wealthy man. With every great novel comes criticism‚ and Fitzgerald’s novels were no exception‚ receiving criticism for his depictions of the Jazz Age‚ wealth‚ and the Illusive American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s rough young life in poverty with high expectations did grow into fortune‚ but became a heavy drinker and partier that influenced great novels‚
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The essay “The Untouchables” written by Tomas L. Friedman is an excerpt from his book The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century. Friedman is a New York Times investigative reporter and columnist who has won three Pulitzer Prizes during his career. Other works he has written include Hot‚ Flat‚ and Crowded and The Lexus and the Olive Tree. In this book Friedman argues that the world as we know it is becoming figuratively smaller as people are forced to collaborate and compete with
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Literary Criticism I Feminist Criticism theory in the novel “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling Introduction According to Peter Barry’s book‚ Feminism was born because of women are disadvantaged by comparison with men and the unequal treatment towards women by men. Women ask for their rights‚ because they believed that they deserve equality. In this paper I will analyze the feminist approach through Harry Potter Novels by J.K. Rowling. As we all know‚ Joanne Kathleen Rowling a.k.a J.K. Rowling
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